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was by far the best breeder of 

 hounds, and had the keenest eye 

 for a hound's work — nothing 

 escaped him. Mr. Musters was 

 the best hand at fairly hunting a 

 fox to death, and could make a 

 DiiddUng Jot work like first- rate 

 hounds. 



Old Dick Burton was the best 

 hand at breaking a pack of hounds 

 from hares, and teaching them 

 to draw^ upon which so much 

 depends. He always drew his 

 woods up the wind^ throwing his 

 hounds in fifty or sixty yards from 

 the wood, and allowing them to 

 spread^ so that every hound should 

 be busy, with his head down, 

 looking for his fox ; and had them 

 in his front, making noise enough 

 to cheer them and enable them 

 to know where he was. And in 

 cubhunting made the hounds find 

 their cub for themselves, and 

 would not have him hallooed at 



